PowerBASIC Compiler for Windows V10 released

Version 10 adds Unicode support, Static Link Libraries, expanded graphics engine and an improved IDE.

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PowerBASIC Compiler for Windows creates industry-standard DLLs and highly efficient executables with the "Look and Feel" of the Windows Graphical User Interface. The machine code generated by PowerBASIC Compiler for Windows is among the most efficient in the industry, both in terms of size and speed. The .EXEs PowerBASIC Compiler for Windows creates are single standalone executables which require no run-time libraries, no DLLs, no support files of any kind unless you choose that approach.

Updates in V10

• Unicode Support - Mix Unicode and ANSI in the same program. Convert strings to and from OEM, Unicode, ANSI, and UTF-8. Display Unicode characters. Print Unicode characters. Read and write to Unicode files
• Resources - You can add resource data inline, right in your BASIC source code. There is no need to create a resource file, compile it, and then link it into your source, this is done automatically
• Static Link Libraries - SLL is the perfect vehicle for third-party code, because it creates a single final module that does not require source code to be distributed
• Graphics - The built in graphics engine has been expanded to support virtual graphic windows and controls, clipping regions, scrolling text, text wrapping, and much more
• Dynamic Dialog Tools - Dynamic Dialog Tools (DDT) have been expanded with CONTROL ADD HEADER and the HEADER statement for adding and manipulating a Header control
• Threads - Creating multi-threaded applications is now easier than ever
• Optimization - #OPTIMIZE has been expanded with #OPTIMIZE CODE. Any unreferenced code will be removed from the compiled program to minimize the executable file size
• Printing - The built in GDI printer engine has been expanded
• IDE - Numerous improvements in the IDE have been made such as improved undo handling and the Open File dialog for source files now allows selecting multiple files at a time. The IDE is now based on tabs rather than MDI children

About PowerBASIC

PowerBASIC offer compilers for DOS and Windows. The history of PowerBASIC compilers goes back over 25 years. That's when Bob Zale, PowerBASIC's founder, created BASIC/Z, the first interactive compiler for CP/M and MDOS. It was extended to MS-DOS, and in 1987 Borland published it as the now legendary Turbo BASIC. The compiler became officially known as PowerBASIC in 1990 when Bob Zale founded PowerBASIC Inc.